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ISBN:
9781894770569
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$25.95; 168 pages
November 2009
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In these thoughtful essays, Sheema Khan—Canadian hockey mom and
Harvard PhD—gives us her own pointed insights on the condition
of being a modern and liberal, yet practising Muslim, especially
in Canada. Tackling a host of issues, such as terrorism, human
rights, Islamic law, women’s rights, and the meaning of hijab,
she explains Islam to the greater public while calling for
mutual understanding and tolerance. She tells us “Why Muslims
are angry,” and “You can’t pigeonhole 1.2 billion Muslims” (post
9/11), while calling on Muslims to “acknowledge the rise of
fanaticism.” She explains the plausibility of Islamic financing
and applies the Charter of Rights to Canada. “Can there be
Islamic democracy?” she asks, and then, “Will Quebec adopt
France’s peculiar brand of liberty?” Provocative and original,
even-handed and conciliatory, these essays are an important
contribution to an urgent modern debate.
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Sheema Khan writes a monthly column for the Globe and
Mail on issues pertaining to Islam and Muslims. She holds a PhD
from Harvard University in chemical physics, along with numerous
patents on drug delivery technology. She has served on the Board
of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (2004–2008), and is
the founder of the Canadian Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR-CAN) and its former chair (2000–2005). She
testified as an expert witness on Muslims in Canada before the
O’Connor Inquiry, and has appeared before a number of
parliamentary committees. In addition, she has spoken at
numerous NGO conferences and government agencies on issues of
security, civil rights, and Muslim cultural practice. She is
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